Charactership Side Story

The Charactership Side Story was a funny fourth-wall breaking side story about Blob #48, Annie. Annie was originally created as a throwaway joke in a voting incentive. Just after page 130, the end of Book 1, Aneeka made this side story.

It's about the Blob speaking to a robot who reveals little details about the setting. The author, in addition, asked questions to the readers each day, and the readers were able to vote up details about Annie's life.

The first vote was if Annie would be an Outsider or a Citizen. The readers voted her to be an Outsider.

Next, the voters could choose her age range - a child, a teenager, an adult, a middle-aged adult, or someone well into their golden years. The voters chose "adult", which makes Annie a youngish adult.

The following vote was where she lived. The robot explained the bleak reality of Outsiders - that there's Stable Areas, Not-so-Stable Areas, Unstable Areas, and Miracle Areas. The fans had her live in a Miracle Area, where she's the only survivor in the area.

The fourth poll asked about her ambitions - which, directed to the readers, allowed them to choose the main plot of Annie's story. The options were A) Exploring LiFe's entertainment jobs, B) Watching pre-game levelling up and practice fights, C) The Game, in areas where Kleya's story doesn't reach, or D) All of the above. D was chosen.

Next, the poll asked for the length of her hair - short or long. Long was chosen.

After that, the poll asked for specific hair styles - high ponytail, straight, braid, long ponytail, or EVIL PLAN! The EVIL PLAN was that Annie would be the character with the braid on Page 2 of the comic, and this was the option preferred by the author. It was chosen, of course. (After all, who doesn't want an evil plan?)

Finally, the name for the male character on Page 2 was voted for - and Julius was chosen.

The final page for the Charactership Side Story had Blob #48 walking through a portal, and becoming Annie, a full-blooded character. Her story continued in the Annie Intro sidestory.

The actual results for the polls can be found here.